2020 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?

[dcooney4]

Here is a picture of the Ferragamo.

 

[dcooney4]

I´d like to join your challenge! It´s high time my bags get to see the light of day. Last week I finally decided to actually wear my black Gaucho and have been enjoying it very much.
It looks good with the long 70ies dresses I´m wearing at the moment.
I´ll stick to it for a few more days and then decide which one will be next.


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Not much stuff for a rather big bag like this, but all I need for a quick trip to the shops.

What is the item with the pictures on it. I like the look of it? Is it a planner?

 

[momasaurus]

I do! since I can't sanitize it when I get home. I'd love to see your Rouge H trim, I love trims!

Why don't we have a showcase where we post pix of bags we have in multiples? That would be fun (and maybe embarrassing for me).

 

[momasaurus]

I have seen so many new members on tPF that have joined, having just received inherited bags from relatives, asking for authenticity on the AT Gucci thread. I'd say 75% want to know, is it authentic? How much is it worth and where can they sell it?

This makes me sad.
(My daughter already knows this stuff, LOL)

 

[doni]

Your outfits have inspired me to up my game! Even though I'm barely going anywhere today, I paired a dark-wash denim Theory jacket with a navy J.Crew tee, basic black jeans, bronze flats, and copper jewelry. The pin on my jacket lapel is rather special:my Dad gave to my Mom on their first wedding anniversary. (This would have been in the mid-1940s, but I'm sure the pin is older than that since I doubt much jewelry was being made in the U.S. during wartime.)

That broche goes perfect with that blazer! I love pimped up denim.

H Sac Malette was once my grandmother's and is from the late 1940s, I didn't know the date until the craftsperson worked on it, I didn't even realise such old pieces had date stamps. My cousin got my grandmother's Brn BK 28 (returne) and my sister another bag. Let me tell you there was stiff competition for the Kelly, but now I think I'm the luckiest one.

What a treasure of a bag! You can get a vintage box Kelly easily, even if it is not the same as having grandma’s, but this is double special.

 

[dcooney4]

Why don't we have a showcase where we post pix of bags we have in multiples? That would be fun (and maybe embarrassing for me).

Oh my! I do this often.

 

[doni]

Nearly all fabric is woven. Even felt is just boiled woven fabric.

The weft and warp on a tonic suit or dress etc are just different colours. Sometimes closely related and sometimes contrasting or even complimentary. In Hermes silk-language they call them changeant basically shifting/changing/variable.

The tonic colour(s) came through in Modernist design in the late-1950s but goes back across the centuries in Gentleman's suiting. Even before modernism, Teds (the Edwardians) of the 1950s had draped suits made from 'two-tone' so they could be even more the peacock male.

Tell me to shut-up but I have been marking so I may be over-explaining everything. Many features of Modernism were resurrected in 1990s minimalism. For both, as embellishment of garments decreased more attention focused on technological innovation of the fabric itself including unusual fabrics. In the late-50s and 1960s men's suits often used fine mohair wool to create the tonic effect since mohair gleams like silk. Another name is 'shot' but generally only used with silk. Sometimes silk is in the mix of tonic suiting too. Raw or Thai silk is often created in tonic and this fabric was often made into shirts (i.e. tonic shirt) dresses or skirts in the 1960s. Jeff Banks brought tonic suiting into womenswear in the late 1970s.

No please, don’t shut up! I love learning about this stuff.
I think I see now what you mean by tonic weave...

I think this was different, like the colors were not mixed in the weave but like lumps of wool pressed against each other...

I actually got up in the middle of this message and went to look for the old thing Can’t help it, I am a closet nerd. Some pics. The colors are uneven, some parts of the fabric have more green, some more purple. The feel is also uneven, with some areas showing high ridges and some more flat... . Composition Schulwool (fleece wool) and some silk.Strange fabric. Jil Sander was actually a textile engineer by training. There is always talk about her clean lines and all that, but I think she was as much, if not more, about the fabrics. Wasn’t also that what caused the conflict with the Pradas? That they didn’t want to pay for her fabrics?



By the way @papertiger , BIG thank you for the Wolford silk mask recommendation, it arrived today, took it to the doctors, and I cannot like it more.

Girls, take note, it really is a game changer of a mask.

 

[papertiger]

No please, don’t shut up! I love learning about this stuff.
I think I see now what you mean by tonic weave...

I think this was different, like the colors were not mixed in the weave but like lumps of wool pressed against each other...

I actually got up in the middle of this message and went to look for the old thing Can’t help it, I am a closet nerd. Some pics. The colors are uneven, some parts of the fabric have more green, some more purple. The feel is also uneven, with some areas showing high ridges and some more flat... . Composition Schulwool (fleece wool) and some silk.Strange fabric. Jil Sander was actually a textile engineer by training. There is always talk about her clean lines and all that, but I think she was as much, if not more, about the fabrics. Wasn’t also that what caused the conflict with the Pradas? That they didn’t want to pay for her fabrics?

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By the way @papertiger , BIG thank you for the Wolford silk mask recommendation, it arrived today, took it to the doctors, and I cannot like it more.

Girls, take note, it really is a game changer of a mask.

Glad you like the mask, for me too. Everything else does not come close.

 

[dcooney4]

No please, don’t shut up! I love learning about this stuff.
I think I see now what you mean by tonic weave...

I think this was different, like the colors were not mixed in the weave but like lumps of wool pressed against each other...

I actually got up in the middle of this message and went to look for the old thing Can’t help it, I am a closet nerd. Some pics. The colors are uneven, some parts of the fabric have more green, some more purple. The feel is also uneven, with some areas showing high ridges and some more flat... . Composition Schulwool (fleece wool) and some silk.Strange fabric. Jil Sander was actually a textile engineer by training. There is always talk about her clean lines and all that, but I think she was as much, if not more, about the fabrics. Wasn’t also that what caused the conflict with the Pradas? That they didn’t want to pay for her fabrics?

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By the way @papertiger , BIG thank you for the Wolford silk mask recommendation, it arrived today, took it to the doctors, and I cannot like it more.

Girls, take note, it really is a game changer of a mask.

Can you wear the mask with out glasses fogging up?

 

[papertiger]

Can you wear the mask with out glasses fogging up?

No have to be one or other.

ATM here we only have to wear our masks indoors in public spaces so it hasn't been too bad

 

[Cookiefiend]

I keep thinking about that little mulberry Hampstead bag. Also I saw a Ferragamo bag at the outlet I really liked ,but I know nothing about the brand other than where they are made. Are Ferragamo bags worth it?

I like Ferragamo personally. I had a vintage Sofia (donated because it had too many dividers and one day I looked at it on my car seat and saw how worn it looked - it was probably 35 years old?) and now have the Studio bag - which I adore.

 

[ElainePG]

Here is a picture of the Ferragamo.

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I like the pop of pink on the underside of the handles. The outside zipped pocket looks as though it would be handy for tucking in a cell phone. But don't you prefer crossbody bags? This looks like a shoulder bag, or perhaps arm-carry.

 

[ElainePG]

That broche goes perfect with that blazer! I love pimped up denim.



What a treasure of a bag! You can get a vintage box Kelly easily, even if it is not the same as having grandma’s, but this is double special.

I'm thinking of swapping out the buttons. The ones on it now are just boring dark plastic. I'm thinking about these, which the web site says are bronze. I like the ancient feel of the design.

 

[ElainePG]

I like Ferragamo personally. I had a vintage Sofia (donated because it had too many dividers and one day I looked at it on my car seat and saw how worn it looked - it was probably 35 years old?) and now have the Studio bag - which I adore.

I remember when you flipped for the Studio. Glad you still like it.

 

[Cookiefiend]

Here’s the Gucci Small Padlock Top Handle. I really like this bag, I think it’s very chic. This is the bag that replaced my Loewe Puzzle - I loved the Puzzle, but when it started to have edge coat cracking in just 10 months (and y’all know it’s not my only black bag), I returned it. Cracked edge coating is one thing I do not like at all. @Sparkletastic noted that the Padlock is smaller than the Puzzle, and it is... so I don’t carry it as much as I would if it just a little bigger. It’s more of a “going out to dinner/hanging out with friends” type purse and less of an “omg I’m late for work, throw everything in there” bag.
But it sure is pretty!

This pocket on the back is not useful - but slim things like a mask, tickets, or bus passes fit fine.

Inside and bag spill (phone fits too)


One concern I have is where the flap of the bag attaches to the purse. This is very sturdy leather - very structured and thick. When you open the flap all the way, A crease forms - the crease is a natural function/result of opening the bag - it has to be there, but I’m concerned that the leather might crack eventually... so I take care to moisturize this bag on a quarterly basis, in hopes of avoiding that.